Foreign News: Death of a Spy

In Beirut's crowded International Airport one day last week, a ticket
clerk idly noted that pallid, long-haired Mohammed Mahmoud Jamil's
frustration at missing his Middle East Airlines flight seemed unusually
shrill. As Jamil moved away to consult another airline, the clerk
suddenly became aware that the distraught traveler was being followed
by two toughs in yellow sports shirts. Jamil's bride of two months saw
the toughs too. Plucking at his sleeve, she pointed at them. Hissed
back Jamil: "Don't look over there.''

At that, the two toughs began to move in. One touched Jamil's elbow with
his hand and asked him to...